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Enhancing crop nutrient uptake capacity

Reference	BBS/E/J/000CA368
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor John Doonan
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	John Innes Centre
Department	John Innes Centre Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	43,350
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/02/2009
End date	31/01/2011
Duration	24 months

Abstract

Root hairs are essential for the uptake of vital nutrients and water from the soil by crops. Cultivars with longer root hairs take up more nutrients and give higher yields than those with shorter root hairs. RSL4 is a transcription factor that allows us for the first time to modulate root hair length in plants. We can use this gene to make plants with increased nutrient and water uptake capacity. However, we need to confirm to potential licensees that RSL4-induced root hair development (RSL4-technology) will enhance plant performance, and preferably in more than just one species. To this end we will develop a range of crops with longer root hairs using RSL4-technology and quantify the growth/yield enhancement that can be achieved with this technology. By the end of the proposed research we expect to have 1) demonstrated that RSL4-technology enhances crop growth and yields and 2) generated seed stocks that we can provide directly to potential licensees for their own evaluation.

Summary

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	Crop Science, Plant Science
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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